2017–18 Liga FPD – Clausura season

Football league season

Liga FPD
Promotional image for the tournament
Season	2017–18
Matches played	12
Goals scored	26 (2.17 per match)
Top goalscorer	26 players (1 goal)
Biggest away win	A.D. Municipal Liberia 0–3 Saprissa (7 January)
← 2017 Apertura 2018 Apertura →

The 2018 Apertura season served as the opening half of the 2017–18 Liga FPD season. It began on 6 January 2018 and, given the possibility of a final, will end on 20 May 2018.

Pérez Zeledón are the defending champions.

Personnel and kits

Team	Chairman	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Alajuelense	Fernando Ocampo	Nicolás dos Santos	José Salvatierra	Kelme	Claro, Toyota, Mobil
Carmelita	Isidro Zamora	Mario Víquez	Carlos Acosta	Sportek	Great Wall Motors, Universidad Santa Lucía
Cartaginés	Luis Vargas	Adrián Leandro	Danny Fonseca	Joma	Meco, Premium, Toyota
Grecia	Dagoberto Matamoros	Walter Centeno	Daniel Vallejos	ProSport	ROES, Super Rosvil
Guadalupe	Vacant	Antonio Abasolo	To be determined	Pirma	Dream Travels, Papa John's
Herediano	David Patey	Jafet Soto	Óscar Granados	Umbro	Kölbi, San Miguel, Toyota
Liberia	Julio Salas	Víctor Abelenda	Rafael Núñez	Prosport	Pulmitan, Condovac, Toyota, Philips, Papa John's
Limón	Noel Ferguson	Horacio Esquivel	Kareem McLean	Sportek	Reina's
Pérez Zeledón	Juan Artavia	José Giacone	Keilor Soto	Living Sport	Kölbi, Tracopa
Santos	Rafael Arias	Johnny Chávez	Edder Monguío	Living Sport	El Colono, Eusse, CopyVisión
Saprissa	Carlos Watson	Vladimir Quesada	Daniel Colindres	Kappa	Bimbo, Huawei, Toyota
UCR	Fernando Ocampo Cano	Marco Arias	Darío Delgado	Roma	INS

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Alajuelense	Wílmer López	Stepped back to assistant	19 December 2017	Pre-season	Rubén Israel	19 December 2017
Herediano	Hernán Medford	Resigned	26 December 2017		Jafet Soto	2 January 2018
Liberia	Fernando Castro	End of caretaker spell	30 December 2017		Víctor Abelenda	30 December 2017
Alajuelense	Rubén Israel	Resigned	6 January 2018		Nicolás dos Santos	6 January 2018

League table

Regular season

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saprissa	14	9	1	4	26	10	+16	28	Advance to the quadrangular and a possible final
2	Herediano	14	8	4	2	22	9	+13	28	Advance to the quadrangular
3	Alajuelense	14	7	3	4	25	15	+10	24
4	Santos	14	6	6	2	19	10	+9	24
5	Pérez Zeledón	14	5	5	4	18	18	0	20
6	Guadalupe	14	4	6	4	18	19	−1	18
7	Limón	14	4	6	4	17	18	−1	18
8	UCR	14	4	5	5	13	18	−5	17
9	Grecia	14	4	4	6	17	20	−3	16
10	Carmelita	14	5	1	8	13	25	−12	16
11	Cartaginés	14	1	6	7	11	21	−10	9
12	Liberia	14	1	5	8	11	27	−16	8

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head points; 5) head-to-head goal difference; 6) head-to-head goals scored; 7) draw

Positions by round

	Quadrangular and possible final
	Quadrangular
	Relegation (Aggregate table)

Team ╲ Round	1	2	3	11	12	13	14
Team ╲ Round
Saprissa	1	1	1	3	1	2	1
Herediano	4	5		2	2	1	2
Alajuelense	2	2	2	1	3	3	3
Santos	5	9		6	5	4	4
Pérez Zeledón	8	6		4	4	5	5
Guadalupe	7	4		7	8	6	6
Limón	6	8		10	10	9	7
UCR	11	10		9	9	10	8
Grecia	10	12	12	8	6	7	9
Carmelita	3	3		5	7	8	10
Cartaginés	9	7		12	11	11	11
Liberia	12	11		11	12	12	12

Source:

Results

Home \ Away	ALA	CRM	CAR	GRE	GUA	HER	LIB	LIM	PEZ	SAN	SAP	UCR
Alajuelense		MD22	MD16	2–3	1–0	1–0	4–0	1–0	MD15	MD20	MD18	4–0
Carmelita	0–5		2–1	MD21	1–4	1–2	MD19	MD17	0–1	1–2	MD15	1–0
Cartaginés	1–1	4–1		MD18	MD15	MD20	MD22	1–1	MD17	0–3	0–3	1–1
Grecia	1–2	2–1	0–0		2–3	MD15	2–0	1–1	MD19	0–0	MD17	MD22
Guadalupe	MD19	MD18	1–0	2–1		1–1	1–1	1–2	0–0	2–3	MD21	MD16
Herediano	1–1	0–1	3–0	3–0	MD17		6–3	MD19	2–0	MD22	1–0	1–1
Liberia	MD17	0–1	1–1	MD20	0–0	MD21		3–1	1–1	MD15	0–3	MD18
Limón	2–1	0–1	MD21	2–1	MD20	0–1	MD16		1–1	MD18	3–2	1–1
Pérez Zeledón	4–1	MD16	3–2	1–0	MD22	MD18	2–2	2–2		2–1	MD20	0–1
Santos	0–0	1–1	MD19	MD16	1–1	0–0	2–0	1–1	MD21		1–0	4–1
Saprissa	3–1	3–1	1–0	2–2	4–0	MD16	1–0	MD22	3–0	1–0		MD19
C.F. Universidad de Costa Rica	MD21	MD20	0–0	1–2	2–2	0–1	2–0	MD15	2–1	MD17	1–0

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Quadrangular – Clausura

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Season statistics

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References

"¡Nuestra nueva indumentaria para el 2018!#ElEquipoDeSuGentepic.twitter.com/kuZTePT3Xn". @ldacr (in Spanish). 6 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
Martínez, Daniel (15 June 2017). "Olman Vega no es más presidente de Guadalupe FC". Radio Monumental. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
Jiménez, Daniel (27 July 2017). "Uniforme de local de Guadalupe FC @nacion @PuroDeporteLNpic.twitter.com/F2flcMe1W5". Twitter. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
"¡Llegó el día! Estos serán nuestros uniformes para la temporada 2018.#SomosElTeampic.twitter.com/PJwewCisdc". @csherediano1921 (in Spanish). 10 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
"Nuestras equipaciones para el Torneo de Apertura 2017.pic.twitter.com/6L7tSyURsS". Municipal Liberia on Twitter. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
^ Bravo, Oscar Hernández (19 December 2017). "Rubén Israel fue presentado en Alajuelense y dice que firmó "un contrato de caballeros"". everardoherrera.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 31 December 2017.
Solano, Hermes (26 December 2017). "Medford: "Quiero disculparme con los heredianos por perder la final"". CRHoy.com | Periodico Digital | Costa Rica Noticias 24/7 (in European Spanish). Retrieved 31 December 2017.
Arias, Tony (2 January 2018). "Jafet Soto reemplaza a Hernán Medford en el banquillo de Herediano". Radio Columbia (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 12 January 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
^ "Victor Abelenda continuará en la dirección técnica del Municipal Liberia - Website Oficial Municipal Liberia". Municipal Liberia (in European Spanish). 31 December 2017. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
^ Segura, José Pablo (6 January 2018). "Rubén Israel no sigue en Alajuelense y Nicolás Dos Santos asume el mando". everardoherrera.com (in European Spanish). Retrieved 11 January 2018.

External links

(in Spanish) UNAFUT - Primera División de Costa Rica

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